BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Top-ranked Indiana got a bit of a scare from Georgia on Monday at the Legends Classic, trailing at halftime before pulling away late for a 66-53 victory.

Victor Oladipo led the Hoosiers with 15 points and eight rebounds, and Indiana held Georgia to 34 percent shooting from the floor to move to 4-0.

The Bulldogs got 14 points apiece from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Vincent Williams, but fell to 1-3.

Oh la la, Oladipo!

Oladipo is better known for his defensive skills than for what he can do with the ball, but the junior showed off some impressive moves and aerial artistry to help the Hoosiers' cause.

Oladipo's pair of dunks early in the second half had the Indiana section of the crowd rhythmically chanting his name, and when he got the ball again with a chance to drive the baseline, it would have been easy for Oladipo to go for the gusto and try to throw down another.

Realizing that he did not have quite the right angle, Oladipo wisely held onto the ball as he glided under the hoop, then tossed up a reverse layup off the glass, a savvy move for two of his game-high 15 points.

Oladipo did get his third dunk of the game, eventually. With 5:49 left in the second half, he raced in from the baseline to throw down an alley-oop feed from Jordan Hulls at the three-point line. The emphatic slam gave Indiana a 55-45 lead, the Hoosiers' biggest to that point.

Three and not so easy

Georgia came into the game averaging 21.7 attempts per game from three-point range, and kept firing away against Indiana, encouraged to do so by the Hoosiers' zone defense. There is nothing wrong with taking what an opponent gives you, but at some point, the Bulldogs have to make their downtown business worthwhile.

Monday night, the Bulldogs hoisted up 25 shots from beyond the arc, and converted nine — a clip of 36 percent that was inflated by a pair of makes in garbage time. For the season, Georgia has shot 31 percent from 3-point range. Caldwell-Pope, the Bulldogs' top scorer in each of their first three games, shot 4-for-10 on three-pointers, bringing his season mark to 13-for-40.

One thing that helped Georgia remain competitive in the game was that Indiana also struggled from three-point range, missing 11 in a row after Hulls connected to open the game. Christian Watford broke the drought in the second half, and then Hulls hit a pair as the Hoosiers opened up a nine-point lead just after the midway point of the second half.

Cody who?

One reason Indiana struggled to put Georgia away was that Cody Zeller, the Big Ten's preseason Player of the Year, was largely a non-factor, finishing with six points, four rebounds and two steals. Zeller took a physical pounding, getting all but tackled into the front row on one play, and getting fouled so hard another time that he lost a contact lens. Donte' Williams, a surprise starter for Georgia at forward, fouled out with 6:20 to go.

With Zeller falling far short of his previous average of 17.7 points per game, Indiana turned to other sources for scoring, starting with Oladipo. Hulls finished with 14 points, with the highlight of his night coming on a layup off a dazzling spin move around Caldwell-Pope to complement his 4-for-6 shooting from three-point range. Watford added 14 points of his own, with three rebounds.